Jimmy Kimmel Responds to Trump’s Oscar Barb

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Jimmy Kimmel had Arie Luyendyk Jr. and his fiancée, Lauren Burnham, as guests on Tuesday. Luyendyk shocked viewers of “The Bachelor” when he proposed to Burnham in the season finale.CreditRandy Holmes for ABC

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Jimmy Kimmel Thinks Trump Should’ve Liked ‘The Shape of Water’

Jimmy Kimmel struck back at President Trump during his monologue on Tuesday night after Trump ribbed the Academy Awards show for its low ratings. Kimmel, who hosted the Oscars, initially responded on Twitter, saying that Trump had the lowest approval rating of any president in history.

During his monologue, Kimmel said, “Trump always has a problem with the Academy Awards, which is surprising because I really think he would love the best picture winner, ‘The Shape of Water.’ The movie, if you haven’t seen it, it’s about a monster who has sex with a woman who can’t talk about it. Basically, it’s like his life story. Right?”

Kimmel also commented on a tweet from Donald Trump Jr. in which he used an emoji to indicate he hadn’t watched the Oscars. “You know that’s an authentic Trump hand because it’s gold and tiny,” Kimmel said.

(A big programming note: Set your DVRs for April 17. Stephen Colbert announced on his show tonight that James Comey, the former F.B.I. director fired by Trump, would be a guest.)

A Bachelor Gets Grilled

Awkward! And yet, strangely riveting. Arie Luyendyk Jr., a villain in pop culture for his actions in the finale of “The Bachelor,” joined Kimmel as a guest along with his fiancée, Lauren Burnham. He had proposed to her after backing out of his engagement to another contestant, Becca Kufrin.

“Everyone is so mad at me!” Luyendyk said.

Kimmel had questions.

“When he goes to a restaurant, does he say, ‘I’ll have the halibut,’ and then like five minutes later he’s like, ‘Hey, hey, I want to change it to the chicken’?” Kimmel asked.

The couple said they had yet to dine out.

“You haven’t been to a restaurant together?” Kimmel said. “Oh, you should definitely get married right away.”

And Now for Something Completely Different (and Terrifying) …

Over at “The Daily Show,” the correspondent Desi Lydic explored the world of robots. More specifically, the spicy world of sex robots.

Punchiest Punchlines (Peace on Earth Edition)

“It is good to be alive and to stay that way because we just found out that North Korea is willing to talk to the U.S. about giving up their nuclear weapons. And not the usual way they talk about giving up their nuclear weapons: by dropping them on Seattle.” — STEPHEN COLBERT

“Why would you endurance train a bully? Like it’s bad enough that he’s beating up kids, now he can chase them for miles?” — TREVOR NOAH, on the Virginia father who made his 10-year-old son run to school while he followed in a car after the boy was suspended from the school bus for bullying

“Mr. President, please. We can’t lose any more allies. At this point, it’s Israel, the U.K., and whatever country your wives are from.” — STEPHEN COLBERT

“Kellyanne Conway has been accused of violating federal ethics laws during TV appearances in 2017. If found guilty she could be forced to leave her job, or even worse, stay.” — JIMMY FALLON

“In an interview, President Trump claimed there is no chaos at the White House. What he said. Yeah. Just then, a pair of chimpanzees crashed through the Oval Office on a stolen snowmobile.” — CONAN O’BRIEN

“In Minnesota, a 14-year-old boy announced plans to one day become America’s first Muslim president. Yeah. After hearing this, President Obama winked and said, ‘You mean second.’” — CONAN O’BRIEN

“Trump said there’s still people in the White House he’d like to replace. Yeah, we’d all like to replace someone in the White House.” — JAMES CORDEN

Celebrities! They’re Just Like Us (on Social Media)!

We can’t get enough of these. Kimmel aired the fourth edition of musicians reading mean tweets about themselves.

Celebrities! They’re Just Like Us (When Meeting Other Celebrities)!

Martin Short told Conan O’Brien a pretty funny story about how, at his first awards show in 1980, Al Pacino thought he was a waiter.

What We’re Excited About on Wednesday Night

Adam Rippon on the couch with Colbert? Adam Rippon on the couch with Colbert! He might even talk about the harness he wore under his tuxedo at the Oscars.

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